The 50 plates / Plate 49 of 50
Plate 49 of 50
Madonna and Child
Madonna mit dem Kinde
Spanish School (?), 17th Century
Not yet located
The drawing
A full-length depiction of the Virgin Mary standing with the Christ Child supported on her left arm. Mary wears a long veil and flowing robes, her head inclined slightly toward the child. The infant sits close against her shoulder, while her right hand gathers the fabric at her chest. The figures are rendered in fine brown lines and soft washes, with heavier shading defining the folds of Mary's garments. A thin rectangular border encloses the composition against an otherwise plain background.
Becker, 1922
As Felix Becker published it in 1922.
- Attribution
- Spanish School (?), 17th century
- Title as printed
- Madonna mit dem Kinde
- Title in English
- Spanish School, 17th Century, Madonna and Child
- Date
- 17th century, according to Becker.
- Medium and size
- Pen and wash, 16.7 × 10 cm
- Collection in 1922
- K. W. Hiersemann, Leipzig (once called Murillo in the Grahl collection)
Today
Modern cataloguing and the drawing’s whereabouts, as far as they are known.
- Status
- Not yet located
- Where is it now?
- Not yet located. No post-Becker museum or auction record has been securely identified with this drawing.
- Attribution today
- Spanish School, 17th century, as classified by Becker. No individual artist has been securely identified.
The sheet in this copy
Sources
- Felix Becker, Handzeichnungen alter Meister in Privatsammlungen (Leipzig, 1922), plate 49.
- No later museum or auction record has been securely identified with this drawing so far.